Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Giving out from C-6 vertebra-exacerbated Migraine but can't let this one go without a comment. Please keep in mind that I'm at the beginning of a major attack.

Don't trust all the headlines you read.

First article: Commentary on the second article.

Vastly different headlines, different conclusions. Microwaves are so dangerous that microwave ovens are shielded with LEAD. What levels of microwaves were the study subjects exposed to? Are they at cancer risk now?

This resembles the campaign to convince the public that monosodium glutamate (MSG) isn't a neurological trigger because studies can't prove that anyone is allergic to it. What a straw man! Forget allergies. They were never the issue with neurologically sensitive people anyway. Study the MSG/neurological triggering problem if you want the answer to the MSG/neurological triggering phenomenon.

And keep in mind how few people there are other than Migraineurs who understand Migraine as a genetic brain dysfunction disease. Think of the blogs and bulletin boards out there working extremely hard to set the record straight. Migraineurs, how long has it taken many of us to find a doctor who takes us seriously? How many family members and friends tell us that there's really nothing wrong with us that "living right" won't fix? That our problems are all in our heads? Who all has been called hysterical by the medical community or, to use the medical slang, a "turkey"? Or a "little papers" patient?

Bottom line: if it triggers you, it triggers you. Anyone who tells you differently should be shunned.

Sheesh.

I'm going back to bed with ice on my C-6.

This should be discussed in greater detail. Please comment if you have a different view point. It may be a day or two before I can get back to you but this is important.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Aspartame, a well-known trigger of neurological symptoms, is being rebranded by the world's leading manufacturer as a natural sweetener, made from two amino acids that taste exactly like sugar. I'm not making this up.

Ajinomoto Group has created a quick dissolving formulation of aspartame and is marketing it in Europe under the name AminoSweet. AminoSweet will target processed food producers according to the FAQ document below.

As of today, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration website search engine doesn't locate any documents with the name AminoSweet. I have no idea if sodas and yogurts will suddenly show up on store shelves in the U. S. with an ingredient named AminoSweet. If you see it, it's aspartame and the label might not have any other wording to clue you in.

When aspartame was introduce as NutraSweet 25 years ago, it took me about 2 days to discover that NutraSweet triggered Migraine attacks in me.

I am of the firm opinion that aspartame will become the "tobacco" of the 21st century. Apparently the chain of stores ASDA in Europe are of the opinion that advertising their store brand as having "no hidden nasties" such as aspartame was good enough for a judge to agree to allow the stores to continue using the label wording to the dismay of Ajinomoto Group who plans to appeal the decision.

Please, read the articles. If aspartame is a trigger for you, be on the label lookout for AminoSweet(r), The World's Best Aspartame.

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